Day bed



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UNITED STATES HERMAN RICHARD IBENSCH, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

DAY BED.

Application filed February 13, 1923. Serial No. 618,837.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HERMAN RICHARD BENsoH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Day Beds, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in articles of furniture of the nature described and it consists of the constructions, combinations, and mode of operation herein described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a bed, not uncommonly known as a day bed,

which may be converted either into a settee, chaise lounge, or day bed, at will.

A further object of the invention is to provide a button at each of the four corners, by depressing any one of which the corresponding end may be let down.

Another object of the invention is to provide a very simple but durable locking mechanism by which the ends are firmly held either in the erect or horizontal positions.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows the day bed arranged in the form of a settee,

Fig- 2 is a detail perspective view of the looking or control mechanism of one end',

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section which clearly shows the relation of the aforesaid locking mechanisms to the respective ends, and

Fig. 4 is a detail cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Mention is made above of the convertibility of the day bed. The title day bed is chosen merely to designate the invention, the titles settee and chaise lounge being equally applicable accordingly as the ends are let up or down. The invention is also applicable to other articles of furniture as chairs, for example. This the reader no doubt readily perceives. When the ends 1 and 2 stand in the erect position as in Figs. 1 and 3, the device takes the form of a settee. Letting down either end converts it into a chaise lounge, and letting down both ends converts it into a bed.

A rectangular frame 3 having legs 4 forms the foundation upon which the ends 1 and 2 are supported and upon which the mattress 5 is laid. Obviously these parts may be made of any suitable material known in the art of upholstery and may be made as ornamental as may be desired. The mat tress is laid on the frame and held in place in any suitable manner, the manner of mounting it in the drawing merely being a conventional showing inasmuch as the style or application of upholstery has no bearing on the invention.

Each of the ends 1 and 2 is capable of separate control and as both controls are identical in every respect, a complete illustration of the control of only the end 2 is made. This shows in Figs. 2 and 4;. However, enough of the control of the end 1 is shown at the left of Fig. 3 to aid the reader in visualizing it. A rock rod 6, in the instance of the end 2, carries stems 7 and 8 to which buttons 9 and 10 are fixed.

The buttons 9 and 10 are accessible from the respective sides of the day bed adjacent to the end 2. By pressing up on either button the rod 6 is rocked so that the lifters 11 and 12 turn the lock bolts 13 and 14; on their pivots 15. This turning depresses the outermost ends of the lock bolts so that the heads 16 of thestoparms 17 and 18 are released.

Brackets 19, fastened at 20 inside of the ends of the frame 3, furnish the supports upon which the end 2 is pivotally mounted at 21 through the medium of the stop arms 17 and 18. These stop arms are suitably fastened to the end 2 and by their mountings L--* on the .pivots 21 furnish the hinge joints through which the end is capable of rocking. The release of the stop arms 17 and 18, as described before, permits moving the end 2 back into a horizontal position as suggested by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The rocking movement of the end 2 is limited by an anchor 22 on each side of the frame. These anchors are adapted to be engaged by the free ends of the stop arms 17 and 18, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. These ends are undercut to provide recesses. 23 in which the upper loop ends of the anchors engage. This engagement is of such a nature that an outward swinging tendency is prevented. In other words, the heads 16 lock against the anchors so that the stop arms cannot disengage therefrom while the end 2 is laid out flat.

Situated in front of each of the lock bolts 13 and 14 is a lug 24 which acts as a guard for the adjacent movable end of the lock bolt. These lugs may consist of pieces of wood suitably secured to the sides of the frame 3. The buttons 9 and and the stems 7 and 8, by which they are carried, Work in chambers (Figs. 3 and 4) formed in the sides of the frame.

All that has been said in connection With the control and locking mechanism of the end 2 applies to the corresponding mechanism of the end 1. Since this mechanism operates like that of the end 2, a description thereof is omitted, but in Fig. 3, those parts at the left which correspond with those at the right are designated by corresponding reference characters.

The operation is briefly reviewed. Assume that it be desired to convert the settee in Figs. 1 and 3 to a chaise lounge. Any one ofthe four buttons at the corresponding corners may be depressed. Should the operator desire to leave the end 1 up, and lower the end 2, he may depress either button 9 or 10 (Fig. 2) to accomplish. the latter purpose. I

In either case, the rod 6 will be rocked, the lock bolts 18 and 14: lifted and the stop arms 17 and 18 released so that the end 2 may be swung down on the pivots 21. Should it be desired to convert the chaise lounge into a day bed, either one of the two buttons which the reader may suppose to be present at the left end, may be depressed so as to release the end 1 in a similar manner. 7

Upon reaching the horizontal position, the heads 16 of the stop arms 17 and 18 engage the anchors 22 so as to form a lock which will prevent any possibility of the end pulling outwardly should it by any chance happen that the supporting standards 19 are loose. It is to be observed that the pivots of the lock bolts 13 and 1 1 are set off center (Fig. 3) so that the innermost ends are heaviest. 7

These ends rest on the adjacent rock rod 6 which therefore serves as a stop. Should it be desired to bring the end 2 back to the vertical position, it is necessary only to lift it, whereupon the heads 16 of the stop arms will depress the short ends of the lock bolts until the erect position is reached. The bolts then look the end by virtue of falling back into the original horizontal position.

While the construction and arrangement of the improved day bed as herein described and claimed is that of a generally pre ferred form, obviously modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim 1. A device of the nature described comprising a frame having a chamber in each side, an end, stop arms carried by the end having heads with undercut portions forming recesses, brackets on the frame upon which the end is pivotally mounted through said arms, locking bolts pivoted to the frame engageable by the heads to prevent movement of the end, a rock rod having lifters adapted to displace the bolts, a button situated in each chamber and connected with the adjacent ends of the rod permitting rocking thereof from either side of the bed to release the end, and anchors on the frame with which said arms engage at the recesses to constitute a lock when the end is swung horizontally.

2. A device of the character described comprising a frame having upstanding brackets, an end adapted to assume two positions having pendant stop arms pivoted on said brackets'and provided with bent extremities forming heads and 'adja cent recesses, horizontally disposed lock bolts engaging the heads to hold the end in one position, means to shift the lock bolts and release the end, and hooked anchors engageable by the arms in said recesses to hold the end in the other position.

HERMAN RICHARD BENSCH. 

